This study researched the history of a woman in her 70s with Hansen’s disease who reconstructed her life through art. The participant was interviewed once a week for seven weeks for 90 minutes in each session. Research data included interview transcripts, the participant's artwork, songs, letters, and the researcher’s journals. The data was analyzed by the four analysis steps of Schütze’s narrative interview method. The results can be were summarized as follows. First, negative life experiences were presented as a progress curve, while positive life experiences were ordered represented as a process of change and structure of life progress. Second, the reconstruction of the participant's life was divided into two parts. According to the stories' story content, the participant's her life was constructed as follows: ‘Same disease, different person - (1) Discrimination in the settlement village, and (2) Supporting herself in the village. Based on her identified resources, personal resources were categorized as ‘Protecting herself without help', ‘A life of sharing’, ‘Childhood care received from mother's relatives and respect for humans’ and ‘Longing for learning.’ Social resources were identified as ‘Psychological and artistic activities’, ‘Building a trust relationship through the support of religious, medical, and welfare organizations’ and ‘Military and disability pensions and financial support for the poor.’ Based on the result, the significance and limitations of this study were discussed.